29 U.S. Code § 2651 - Effect on other laws

Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this Act shall be construed to modify or affect any Federal or State law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability.

(b) State and local laws

Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this Act shall be construed to supersede any provision of any State or local law that provides greater family or medical leave rights than the rights established under this Act or any amendment made by this Act.

This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 103–3, Feb. 5, 1993, 107 Stat. 6, known as the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, which enacted this chapter, sections
60m and
60n of Title
2, The Congress, and sections
6381 to
6387 of Title
5, Government Organization and Employees, amended section
2105 of Title
5, and enacted provisions set out as notes under section
2601 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section
2601 of this title and Tables.

Effective Date

Subchapter effective 6 months after Feb. 5, 1993, see section 405(b)(1) ofPub. L. 103–3, set out as a note under section
2601 of this title.

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